State v. Moore
State v. Moore
Opinion of the Court
In re: Edwin Moore applying for writs of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus.
Application denied.
Dissenting Opinion
dissents. The defendant, a 15-year-old juvenile, pleaded guilty to second degree murder, a non-capital offense. This voluntary plea, whatever its consequences and whatever the lack of jurisdiction of the district court to impose a penitentiary sentence on this juvenile, forbids his being tried again on the indictment for first degree murder, a capital offense. As the dissent in this case at 309 So.2d 675 (La. 1975) shows, double jeopardy and due process principles prevent the relator’s successful annulment of an invalid penitentiary sentence by post-conviction proceedings to subject him now to trial for a capital offense. He cannot be punished more severely than before because of his invalidation of an illegal sentence.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- STATE of Louisiana v. Edwin MOORE
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- 2 cases
- Status
- Published